MCC - 293 Cane Essentials #5 (By Hook or Crook)

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These clips are for entertainment and general informational purposes only. We are not instructing you, or encouraging you to do or to believe anything, except to view, enjoy, and think. Never forget that martial arts, like any rigorous course of physical activity, presents the risk of injury, sometimes serious, disabling, or even fatal. Actual techniques should only be practiced in a controlled environment emphasizing safety, under the direct supervision of a Black Belt instructor (in whom you have trust and confidence), and only after you have been cleared by your personal physician.
There comes a time in the life of every martial artist where multiple airborne kicks are forever locked in the past, along with full contact, and falls to solid surfaces. I too can remember when I was young and invincible. Frankly, it's now a distant dream!.
An essential tenet of Gun Fu is that every practitioner must continue to improve with each passing year. Generally, skill level should double with each level of rank. In the same vein, you should, like a very fine wine, improve with age, producing your greatest achievements as you approach your final sunset. That is not to deny there are injuries, or even physical limitations which meld into who you are as you mature. But good Gun Fu means finding the answer, and that answer can never be to "give up" or to "quit".
The Cane is often overlooked in martial arts training. Frankly, it combines much of what you can find in the study of Nunchaku, with movement of the Jo, and the lightning strikes of Arnis. Some have even convincingly demonstrated a direct link between the Cane and Sword.
Within Gun Fu, Cane is a complete subsystem, taking 1-2 years to learn (and somewhat longer to master). Typically, those who make the effort puzzle over how they ever overlooked this unique weapon in the first place.
For more information on balance, visit: www.ironcrane.com
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[@shj2000]

Very informative and interesting video. I wish your dojo was local to me! Thank you for posting.

[@howdydave45421]

Your Cane Essentials series is just what I was looking for. I used to dabble in cane techniques in Tai Chi Chuan and Bartitsu. Now that my cane is an essential element in my mobility, it's time to get back to basics and lose all of the flamboyancy where both feet are not firmly rooted to the ground.

[@Spreadswings]

Good. Thanks for your kind words.

[@edwardmorgan9411]

Awesome

[@robertbrunston5406]

I like your techniques all are helpful for me! One question what do you do when your attacker grabs ahold of your cane as happened to me I walloped the attacker a good one then he grabbed ahold of my cane then it was a wrestling match which I lost?

[@tkdfighter8]

After playing a bit around with a cane, I found the hooking motions only useful, when aplying them with two hands. Also, hooking my jacket is a great oportunity for you to loose your stick. I doubt, that your techniques work in full speed and under stress. At least most of them.

[@Spreadswings]

+tkdfighter8 I put a lot out there for folks to get ideas from. Each person will have his or her own thoughts as to what works and how well it works ... I'm comfortable letting folks figure that out for themselves ... just as you are attempting to do.

[@jstanley011]

@ 7:59 "...being careful, of course, not to snap his neck by accident..." lol...

[@CTFrates]

I'm getting a cane as I have to take the bus. No room to swing the cane around. I saw your poking video. Loved it. I watched about 5 of your other videos. I enjoyed them immensely. Question: What to do if your attacker grabs your cane? Video on that? Did I miss watching that one?

[@Spreadswings]

+Charles Frates Hi Charles ... I have a play list on "Sticks". You should explore what's on there as much of that will also apply to cane, and several are directly on point to your question.

[@nabrudigam]

What if the attacker comes from behind you? Have not seen that demonstrated on the dozen or so videos i have watched

[@Spreadswings]

nabrudigam Eventually I'll get around to it ... thanks for your input. Needless to say, there are many topics and attacks I haven't done videos on. but I still have plans and hopes to do, when time permits. After well over a thousand hours of work putting these up, and covering a broad array of topics and information, many of which have not been done elsewhere, you can't imagine how much joy it brings me to have what is not there brought to my attention, in light of what is already there.